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Volume 19, Issue 2
1 June 2003
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OCLC Systems & Services: International digital library perspectives
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Research Article| June 01 2003

Interoperability in subject searching and browsing

Dennis Nicholson;
Dennis Nicholson
Dennis Nicholson is Director at the Centre for Digital Library Research, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, UK.
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Ali Shiri
Ali Shiri
Ali Shiri is Senior Researcher, at the Centre for Digital Library Research, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, UK.
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 2054-1694
Print ISSN: 1065-075X
© MCB UP Limited
2003
OCLC Systems & Services: International digital library perspectives (2003) 19 (2): 58–61.
https://doi.org/10.1108/10650750310481775

This article is an introduction to the problem of interoperability in subject searching and browsing in distributed digital libraries. The aim is to provide brief advice of practical value to those tackling the problem themselves. A general overview of problem areas is given and some current projects tackling key issues are described.

Keywords: Digital libraries, Search methods, Distributed computing
© MCB UP Limited
2003
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